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RIAA hits students

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has come after another 761 file-swappers and once again a number of students.

These latest lawsuits once again included college students, 25 unnamed students across the nation but a number of them were in Massachusetts this time. Last months flurry of 750 lawsuits seemed to have targeted schools in the Midwest. This geographical distribution might suggest that the RIAA is taking a systematic approach in which campuses they target. This brings the total to just under 7,000 lawsuits total in 18 months.

RIAA president Cary Sherman has not been slowed down by the bad publicity of his groups lawsuits but rather made the ironic remark that, Ò"The lawsuits are an essential educational tool.Ó

Schools included in the lawsuit include: American University, Amherst College, Assumption College, Boston College, Boston University, Bridgewater State College, Emerson College, Iowa State University, James Madison University, Mount Holyoke College, Northeastern University, and the University of Massachusetts.

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